Overall, 3M treats their full-time employees very well, but to a much lesser degree, their contract workers (no vacation, benefits, performance reviews), with lots of politics in the way of actually getting hired. The office is comfortable, and work-life balance is well-respected. Leadership could be stronger; there is a lack of transparency and follow-through on decisions. The learning opportunities are tremendous.

3M Canada Company is an excellent place to work, unfortunately economic forces are pulling business to the USA. In my 5 years at 3M Canada, I have seen large portions of the business relocate to the USA and China.

In general, the people are great and the work is interesting and rewarding at 3M Canada.

The salary and benefits are better than many other companies.

Working from home or, if you can't work from home, taking 'personal time' is an option which is great for times when unexpected things pop up like a sick child or you need to be home to meet a plumber, etc.

Work-Life balance is OK most of the time but there are times when you are expected to work to tight deadlines regardless of how long it takes or how little notice you received.

There are some managers that are fantastic and some that are not. Leadership has promoted a few people in the last few years that should not be where they are; at both middle management and VP levels.

Overall, 3M is a very ethical and somewhat transparent company but the management sometimes says one thing and does another; they've been caught in the act a couple of times. There are also instances where a leader is allowed to proceed with actions that are unbecoming of the reputation that 3M has previously earned in the business world and with their employees.

They are relying on contract workers a lot more to fill gaps without increasing head count and help fund dividends. Leadership/corporate has also begun to treat contract workers like they are second class citizens in the last couple of years by applying really ridiculous rules and giving them email addresses that emphasize they are contract workers.

The time you can be on contract is limited and only a handful get hired on as permanent employees. Really good people that youmore... rely on daily can be gone and replaced with a 'newby' at any time and you have to train someone else to do what the previous person was very capable of doing.

Employee morale is usually very high but the recent changes in the C-suite and the decisions that they've been making have betrayed the trust and dampened the spirit of a lot of people.less

The potential to stretch yourself professionally is available at 3M, knowing exactly what you want to achieve will serve you well. The ability to learn how to manage different relationships is also available as they tend to change the leadership quite often. A lot is talked about work/life balance but there is a fine line between talking and acting on this culture. The best part of 3M is learning and growing professionally, the hardest part is dealing with the politics and favouritism.

Was only on a contract position to get the company through the transition from a DOS system to SAP. Was a busy time as we didn't really have hands on training before the start up... but we made it through.

• On a crew of 10 that was responsible for the day to day maintenance schedule of high speed tape converting and high speed packaging equipment. • Call in breakdown 24/7 schedule • Plant emergency first response including first aide and fire suppression system• O.H.S.A. employee representative for maintenance and production

very strict work environment as working with sensitive materials. fair working conditions. no room for growth. management is fair and relatively prompt in dealing with issues brought to their attention

Management does not care about the people they employ. Poorly organized and a lot of bad moral in the whole workplace. Plant supervisors are clueless as to how the operation runs. This is why they cannot keep any good employees. Very high turnover and zero chance of advancement.

3M was a great company to work for, everyone was very friendly and willing to help with issues. The culture is great and the offices are very nice. Overall it was a great internship with a lot of valuable learning experiences.

My contract is just ending that is why I'm updating my profile and back to job search again. I would have loved to continue with my work at 3M Canada. It was a nice place, culture and experience and it is something I'm hoping to bring to my future employment place.

No advancement, Time wasted is approximately 40%, Productivity never exceeds 60% especially to mention permanent employees. Totally different culture compared to my earlier experience within 3M. Middle management are not well qualified to be leaders of the future. I thought I would enjoy it there but turned me to avoid to re apply for any post at 3M Canada.